McCain FSQ Summer Internship 2025 | Food Safety & Quality Internship
Are you a passionate student looking to gain hands-on experience in Food Safety & Quality (FSQ)? McCain’s FSQ Summer Internship 2025 is the perfect opportunity for you! This 12-week, full-time internship at our Appleton, WI facility will allow you to apply your classroom knowledge to real-world challenges in food manufacturing. If you’re studying Food Science, Microbiology, Chemistry, or a related field, this internship will help you develop critical skills while working with a global leader in food production.
About McCain
At McCain, we’re feeding the world: from French fries to cakes, we contribute to the important role food plays in people’s lives. That’s why we’re dedicated to ensuring our core values—Family, Authentic, Trusted, and Quality—shine through every day. As a privately owned family company with over 60 years of experience, a presence in more than 160 countries, and a global team of 22,000 people, our values and culture are at the heart of everything we do. We believe that we can work together, along with our business and community partners, to bring sustainable growth and positive change today, tomorrow, and for generations to come. Join us and see how you can MAKE IT at McCain!
Job Details:
Job Title: FSQ Summer Internship 2025
Position Type: Temporary – Full-Time
Location: Appleton
Grade: Grade 01
Requisition ID: 34636
About the role
The Food Safety and Quality team at McCain is seeking an intern to work at the factory/plant location in Appleton, WI, for 12 weeks starting in May 2025. This position will be working a full-time schedule (Monday through Friday) in the plant environment.
This position will offer the opportunity to build upon the knowledge acquired in the classroom in a food business and manufacturing environment. The Quality and Food Safety internship program is designed to offer students the opportunity to learn and work with business units to provide solutions to internal and external stakeholders.
Accountabilities
- XRF project –build libraries for sites or create a North American virtual library in SharePoint in collaboration with the sites
- Environmental Monitoring Programs: Build a cohesive SharePoint site(or LIMS) of all CAPAs and EMP data
- Distressed inventory – work on improving the current data and information gathering to make it easier to collect information
- Review HACCP plans and create a universal plan for all sites to conform to
- Review X-ray data from the sites that have them installed
- Engagement – Support the Quality Team on World Food Safety Day planning and promotion; Represent and promote the Quality Team at National French Fry Day and McCain Family Day events
Qualifications
- Currently enrolled in a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Food Science, Biology/Microbiology, Chemistry/Biochemistry, Chemical Engineering, or applicable field with an interest in Quality & Food Safety as a career
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Passion for delivering high-quality work
- Creativity and critical thinking
- Ability to work independently and in a team environment
- A love of quality food
- Must be at least 18 years of age
Skills
- Food safety basics and integration of food safety throughout the supply chain
- Factory and corporate support to ensure the best quality and food-safe products
- Systematic approach to problem-solving
- Advanced mathematical skills
- Strong communication skills at all levels of the organization
- Deliver project goals through collaboration & teamwork
- Multi-task between projects and priorities
Salary Range: $23.00 – $26.00 USD hourly
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